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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Steve Halford<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 11, 2013 9:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ssullivan@naturemuseum.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu; dinoceras@juno.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] The Dangerous Museum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Shortly after I slashed through the scent glands of my first skunk specimen (having spent the previous half-hour cautiously castrating him) my boss rushed into my preproom claiming "You're poisoning all of us!" and threw the specimen into
the courtyard -- where it happened to land on the main air intake of the <i>entire</i> Science wing of the University...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Steve Halford (<a href="mailto:halford@sfu.ca" target="_blank">halford@sfu.ca</a>)<br>
Museum Technician (Retired) <br>
Department of Biological Sciences<br>
Simon Fraser University<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Steve Sullivan <<a href="mailto:ssullivan@naturemuseum.org" target="_blank">ssullivan@naturemuseum.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Commuting to work with my wife one snowy morning she yelled, "Stop!" When I<br>
did, she jumped out of the car and crawled under a nearby truck only to<br>
emerge with a huge, snow white possum in perfect condition. Since I was<br>
currently in need of such a specimen, and considering the preservative<br>
effects of the cold, we decided this was good luck and continued on our way<br>
to work. By the time I arrived at the museum, I realized that the possum<br>
was more fresh than I had assumed since it's parasite population had<br>
transferred from the back seat to my body. After a good scrub, I skinned<br>
the specimen and found that it had been killed by a single BB to the ear.<br>
This was ironic since just up the block from where the specimen was found, a<br>
sign proudly proclaimed that this community was a "Nuclear Weapons Free<br>
Zone."<br>
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---Steve<br>
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Steven M. Sullivan | Senior Curator of Urban Ecology<br>
The Chicago Academy of Sciences and its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum<br>
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Museum|2430 North Cannon Drive|Chicago Illinois 60614|<a href="http://naturemuseum.org" target="_blank">naturemuseum.org</a><br>
Collections|4001 North Ravenswood Ave.|Chicago Illinois<br>
60613|<a href="http://projectsquirrel.org" target="_blank">projectsquirrel.org</a><br>
P <a href="tel:708-937-6253">708-937-6253</a> | F <a href="tel:773-755-5199">773-755-5199</a> |
<a href="mailto:ssullivan@naturemuseum.org">ssullivan@naturemuseum.org</a><br>
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A century of memories and lessons from the Passenger Pigeon at<br>
<a href="http://passengerpigeon.org" target="_blank">passengerpigeon.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>] On Behalf Of
<a href="mailto:dinoceras@juno.com">dinoceras@juno.com</a><br>
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 9:19 AM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] The Dangerous Museum<br>
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Hi all,<br>
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I'm working on a talk for visitors to our museum that's all about the types<br>
of dangers (dangerous objects, substances, activities, etc.) we sometimes<br>
encounter in our work behind-the-scenes in collections. It's meant to be<br>
informative, not to mention---entertaining. I'm starting with how we get<br>
objects to the museum, preparing & conserving them, handling them, etc. If<br>
any of you have any stories or images you are willing to share along these<br>
lines, please contact me. I'd love to hear about what you've had to deal<br>
with from disease-carrying rodents to nasty stuff on clothing & herbarium<br>
sheets, and everything in between.<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance,<br>
<br>
Chris Chandler<br>
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Curator of Natural Science<br>
Putnam Museum<br>
Davenport, IA<br>
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<a href="mailto:dinoceras@juno.com">dinoceras@juno.com</a><br>
<a href="tel:563-324-1054%20x226">563-324-1054 x226</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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